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Alternative View of RSI

Unfortunately, the orthodox approach for treating RSI
leaves many sufferers without any improvements and no real solutions. Furthermore,
anomalous symptoms reported by sufferers, inconsistent
with the underlying diagnosed musculoskeletal disorder,
imply that the orthodox medical view is not the complete
story of RSI.

For example, many sufferers report that performing strenuous
tasks similar to typing (like playing a piano) causes no
pain. As soon as they begin type or move a mouse the
pain suddenly commences. If the cause was entirely
"mechanical" in nature, why doesn't the pain
occur consistently whether someone types on a keyboard
or plays the piano?

A person with a broken leg feels the pain
whether walking, running or jumping. Who with a broken
leg feels pain only when walking but not when running or
jumping?

To
make things worse, contradicting advice and diagnosis
given by various professionals can be profound in
nature, providing only confusion to many. For example,
it is very common for doctors to diagnose Carpal Tunnel
Syndrome and prescribe various solutions which don't
work. Discontent with the treatment, a sufferer might
approach another doctor who will give a totally
different diagnosis and who claims that CTS is rare,
over diagnosed and not the underlying cause.

Many sufferers will go through the
orthodox medical mill and come out with not only the
same sore hands they walked in with, but with a sore
wallet too.

The
difficulty in coming to grips with the perplexing
syndrome has given momentum to various alternative views
of RSI. The unorthodox view basically hypothesizes that
RSI pain is psychosomatic in nature. The catalyst for
pain stems from an unconscious fear and anger leading to
stress and anxiety.

Whilst this view is less quantative than the orthodox
view, many sufferers claim major improvements and
sometimes full recoveries by adopting various therapies
prescribed by this approach.